Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,192
Coronary Artery Disease 1,058 1,103 974 989 931 924 865 771 823 804
Cardiomyopathy 972 998 1,021 984 1,030 969 967 990 1,033 1,111
Congenital Heart Disease 184 173 135 154 175 186 174 193 196 198
Valvular Heart Disease 54 57 37 57 54 55 40 45 44 47
Other 14 7 11 4 8 14 4 8 20 23
Unknown 11 10 10 11 4 7 7 8 9 9
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 46.1% 47.0% 44.5% 45.0% 42.3% 42.9% 42.1% 38.3% 38.7% 36.7%
Cardiomyopathy 42.4% 42.5% 46.7% 44.7% 46.8% 45.0% 47.0% 49.1% 48.6% 50.7%
Congenital Heart Disease 8.0% 7.4% 6.2% 7.0% 7.9% 8.6% 8.5% 9.6% 9.2% 9.0%
Valvular Heart Disease 2.4% 2.4% 1.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.6% 1.9% 2.2% 2.1% 2.1%
Other 0.6% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.4% 0.9% 1.0%
Unknown 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.